Testbourne Community School

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Testbourne Community School, located in the town of Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, has been a secondary school since the Victorian era and is a foundation school. It has had performing arts specialist status since 2005 and educates around 760 students aged 11-16. The Headteacher is Hilary Jackson.[1]

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[edit] Academic standards

Academic standards have been improving. In June 2007 Ofsted rated the school as Good, point two on a four point scale, commenting that it gave pupils excellent guidance, support and opportunity for personal development, that it had had tackled absenteeism and educational standards were rising.[1][2]

The school was awarded the Artsmark Silver award in 2004.[3]

[edit] Sporting achievements

In June 2005 in a remarkable achievement, although the school has no dedicated rugby union pitch or posts, their U12 rugby team won its age-group final at Twickenham in a competition involving 2,000 teams and 40,000 children across the United Kingdom.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Testbourne Community School", Ofsted, 16-17 May 2007
  2. ^ "School welcomes praise for its rising standards", David Connop Price, This is Basingstoke,28 July 2007
  3. ^ "Awarded schools", Arts Council England, accessed 30 December 2007
  4. ^ "Harrow set tone for year of high achievers", Gareth A Davies, The Daily Telegraph, 12 June 2005

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